Travel Trends

Travelers say no to diets but yes to sunscreen

Jun 11, 2013

LONDON, England - There's always a lot to do before going on holiday and a study has been conducted in order to find out the attitudes of travelers towards their pre-holiday preparations. From diets and tanning to haircuts and shopping, it seems that looking good is important to travelers but it is not a priority.

The survey of 855 travelers revealed that they are very happy with their bodies and cautious about sun exposure.

59.8% of respondents said that they never diet before their holiday and 85.6 % said that they have never given up drinking alcohol as part of a pre-holiday diet. It is important for holiday goers to get tan but to do so wisely - 58.4% of respondents will wear the right sunscreen factor throughout the holiday and 85.8 % will sunbath wearing swimming costumes without revealing too much.

Women were also asked if they have any beauty treatments before going on holiday and were told to select all that applied from a list of possible answers. The results came up as follows:

None 22.8%

Spray tan 5.7%

Sunbed session(s) 7.7%

Leg wax 32.7%

Bikini wax 41.0%

Eyebrow wax/thread 27.8%

Manicure 23.6%

Pedicure 26.6%

Haircut/dye 39.3%

Facial 10.7%

Body scrub/treatment 12.6%

Meanwhile a staggering 53.3% of men don't have any grooming treatments before their holiday, however 39% will get an haircut.

42.4% of holiday goers spend under ÂŁ54 on clothes and accessories while 31% splash up to ÂŁ100. Travelers would rather leave a second pair of shoes or make-up at home than not take their phones with them on holiday.